A Contented Mind by J. G. Whittier

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D.C. · Mar 17, 1904

A Contented Mind

By J. G. Whittier

No longer forward nor behind I look in hope and fear, But grateful take the good I find, The best of now and here.

All as God wills, who wisely heeds To give or to withhold, And knoweth more of all my needs Than all my prayers have told.

Enough that blessings undeserved Have marked my erring track— That whereso'er my feet have swerved, His chastening turned me back;

That more and more a providence Of love is understood, Making the springs of time and sense Sweet with eternal good. — J. G. Whittier.